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- Height5′ 3½″ (1.61 m)
- Aria Mia Loberti makes her acting debut in the leading role of Marie-Laure Leblanc in Netflix's adaptation of All The Light We Cannot See. She landed the part after a global casting search, beating out thousands of submissions to secure the role, despite no acting training. A doctoral student at Penn State, Loberti received her Masters in 2021 from Royal Holloway University of London as a Fulbright Scholar and earned her undergraduate degrees in 2020 from the University of Rhode Island. She is also an advocate for disability equity.- IMDb Mini Biography By: X
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Portraying the lead in All The Light We Cannot See was both Loberti's first acting role and her first audition.
- In All The Light We Cannot See, Loberti performed her own stunts.
- Loberti received her undergraduate degrees with highest honors from the University of Rhode Island, triple majoring in communication, philosophy, and political science, with minors in Ancient Greek and in rhetoric.
- Loberti is classically trained in ballet and has martial arts training. She also worked for several years as a yoga and spin instructor.
- Loberti was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study for her Master's degree in England.
- I realized that if you speak up, and tell people who you are and share your story, it's going to help.
- You have your own power. I don't care how old you are. Own your power, and if you feel something in your soul, go do it.
- I hate that phrase [blind actor]. I'm an actor, and I want everyone who comes after me to be accepted as an actor, or whatever profession it is that they have, I wasn't a blind PhD student or a blind author, a blind whatever. I do those things. I am myself. Blindness, to me, is the equivalent obstacle of having anxiety and being clumsy and awkward and nerdy. It's not something that I should put in front of my occupation.
- Living my life to the fullest should not be an act of rebellion.
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